Goodyear welt



Patented Jan. 8, 1929.

oarrse stares FRANK M. PARADISE, OF QUAKERTOVIN,

PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO MCADOO ALLEN WELTING COMPANY, OF QUAKERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, A COPARTNER. SHIP COMPOSED F HENRY M. MCAD'OO AND GEORGE E. ALLEN.

GOODYEAR WELT.

Application filed January 26, 1928.

Objects of the present invention are to provide for thickening the outer edge of the welt and consequently of the sole of the finished shoe; to effect an economy in the use of hides for the manufacture of welts; and to provide a tight inseam in the finished shoe.

To these and other ends hereinafter set forth the invention, generally stated, comprises a Goodyear welt slashed opposite the stitch grooved edge thereof and having a ribbon or strip inserted in the slash.

The invention also comprises the improvements to be presently described and finally claimed.

Referring to the drawing Figure 1 is a transverse sectional view of In the drawing 1 is a Goodyear welt slashed edge.

Serial No. 249,572.

as at 2 opposite the stitch grooved edge 3 and having one or more ribbon insert-ions 4 arranged and secured in the slash. The outer sole and the stitches are indicated in dotted lines. The ribbon or strip is or may be of any appropriate material, for example leath er material, which at present may be regarded as waste, and it may be used in one or more thicknesses and it is secured by a suitable adhesive in the slash 2.

The welt of'the invention may be made of comparatively thin and therefore comparatively inexpensive leather while at the same time there is presented a comparatively thick Again the flaring thickness of the 40 welt causes its thinner edge'to provide a tight inseam.

I claim:

A Goodyear welt slashed opposite the stitch grooved edge thereof and having a ribbon insertion arranged in the slash and extending flush with the slashed edge to thicken the same, substantially as described;

FRANK M. PARADISE. 

